space 1999 revisited
At time the series came out i was 5 to 7 years old, but i remember watching it. I fell in love with the series but, it fell out of sight after a few years. Then in the 90's it reappeared on the Sci FI channel. I hope they include the later years episodes so i can bring the rest of my childhood back when i enjoyed the series.

This moon will self-destruct in 5 seconds
What happened to Barbara Bain and Martin Landau after they quit Jim's Impossible Mission Force? They donned trendy pajamas and went to work on Moonbase Alpha in Gerry Anderson's second live-action series, SPACE 1999. The series is set in the near future (??) where the lunar interior is being used as a dumping ground for nuclear waste - big mistake. All that volatile stuff goes ballistic and knocks the whole rock into Outer Space. Why travel the cosmos in a galaxy-class starship when you can trek in comfort and dine on an endless supply of blue cheese?
Seriously, this series (like all of Gerry Anderson's TV adventures) has achieved cult status and is well worth a look. The special effects are very much in the "2001" vein and the story lines are every bit as "out there" as anything you'll get on Star Trek or Babylon 5. Much more ambitious in scope than his previous live-action project, "UFO", I give only four stars because this has cult, rather than general appeal.

Metaphysical SF that stands test of time
I was amazed at how well Space 1999 has stood the test of time. The so-radical uniforms and sets now seem somewhat...average, but in their time, they were almost shocking. How we have changed! On the other hand, I was amazed at how real the visual effects looked, unlike the CGI everyone has now come to know and expect. This looked like how I remember the actual footage from the moon landings, with a sharp-edged almost artificial look. Great camera and lighting work add ambiance. I think part of the appeal of this series is the metaphysical aspect of it, always reminding me of "Solaris" on some levels. Perhaps the entire voyage is a hallucination? You never know, but hints abound. Definitely not the old formulaic Trek stuff, this show took TV Science Fiction to places it wouldn't go again until the advent of Babylon 5 and Farscape. My copy will be watched again and again.

Excelent quality of copies.
I think this is the best way to get the 12 most memorables chapters of Space 1999, in VHS.
The quality of the copies are excellent, and I recommend to all the Space 1999 lovers to buy this collections!

Finally!
I was fourteen when Space: 1999 came out. I even bought the original Moonbase Alpha Manual that Starlog sold. (Didn't know it become a collector's item or I would've kept better care of it.) Anyway, I was always anxious to see this series in a collected form worthy of my hard earned dollars one day. Finally! My wish came through. I even invited my wife (who had NEVER seen it) to view it with me. We went through BOTH VHS box sets in a day! Sure, time has passed and I noticed NOW a lot of the scientific 'errors' but --hey! That's why it's called science FICTION! Taking this too seriously isn't the point. Space: 1999, ocassionally makes you think, cheer and worry about the good guys, and as far as wholesome family entertainment is concerned -- you can't go wrong! Buy it.